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Letters Patent No. 95,684, dated October 12, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT INLSKIRTs.

The' Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same. y

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HAYWARD, of the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have made an Improvement in Skirts for ladies wear; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.

The employment of tempered-steel hoops in skirts is open to various objections, not the least of which `is the liability of the steel either to break orto become permanently set when doubled or bent in very shortcurves. Felt has lately been much approved as a material for skirts, its peculiar stiffness and immunity from this evil rendering it highly desirable for this purpose. make it very desirable for this use, and has given the general name of crinoline to all stifened skirts.

I employ horse-hair in my skirts, in a new form.

The skirt approximates in its appearance and qualities very closely' to a skirt having hoops of steel, but it avoids the liability of steel hoops to break, rust, or become permanently and obstinately set. A lady may sit upon, or otherwise double and bend my material, Without danger of injuring either herself o1' the clothlng.

I employ horse-hair'in the form of cords. The

l horse-hair is held in the centre or body of the cordin a straight or nearly straight condition, is held together by a covering, tightly wrapped around it, by the aid of the ordinary covering-machinery. The cords may be wound upon bobbins, or otherwise suitably held, to be introduced into the material of the skirt in the act of weaving.

.I can weave the skirt in any approved manner to receive my stilieners.

I can produce a good skirt by simply introducing the horse-hair cords at short intervals as yarns in the filling; that is to say, I can operate the harness, and weave with an ordinary filling of cotton, wool, or the like, until a space of', say, one inch, is woven, aud'then introduce one of the horse-hair yarns, then .proceed weaving in theordinary manner, with ord nary lling,

for another inch, and then introduce another yarn.

To effect this, the shuttle carrying the horse-hair The peculiar properties of horse-hair` yarn may be carried in a separate box, and thrown across at intervals of thirty or anyother number of picks, as will be well understood by those accustomed to fancy weaving. A g

' As skirts are ordinarily made, more stiffness is required arouud the bottom than near the top. I propose to vary my skirts, by putting the horse-hair cords closer together near the bottom, and gradually increas! ing the distance as the workproceeds. I propose toA weave the skirts in the proper form, narrower at the'A top, by using looms adapted to such gored work. y

` The accompanying drawings form appart of' this l speoication.

Figure 1 represents a complete skirt; Figure 2, a horizontal section near the top, on the same scale;

y Figure', a vertical section of the same part, with Itis believed that this description, and these igv nres, will make the whole matter clear `to mechanics skilled in the arts to which it relates, without letters of reference, and a minute descriptionof each detail n by itself.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- As a new article of manufacture, a skirt composed of a fabric whose warp and weft, one or both, are partially composed 'of' spun horse-hair yarn, substantially as descu'bed. I

HY. HAYWARD. Witnesses:

C. C. LIVINGs, W. OJDEY.- 

